ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

How do Member States Return Unwanted Migrants? The Strategic (non-)Use of Europe during the Migration Crisis, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 56(1) 2018, 101-118, DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12621 (with F. Trauner)

Energy and Climate Policy: Does the Competitiveness Narrative Prevail in Times of Crisis?, Journal of European Integration, Vol. 38(3) 2016, 343-357, DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2016.1140759, online first: 24 March 2016

Theorizing third country agency in EU rule transfer: linking the EU Emission Trading System with Norway, Switzerland and Australia, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 23(6), 814-832 (with P. Müller), DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2015.1066838.

The European Parliament: Adversary or Accomplice of the New Intergovernmentalism?, in: Christopher J. Bickerton/Dermot Hodson/Uwe Puetter (eds.), The New Intergovernmentalism: States and Supranational Actors in the Post-Maastricht Era, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2015, 245-262 (with J. Pollak).

Comitology and the European Constitutional Treaty, in: Thomas Christiansen/Johanna Oettel/Beatrice
Vaccari (eds.), Comitology in the 21st Century. The Role of Implementing Committees in the
Wider European Union. Maastricht: European Institute for Public Administration 2009, 315-331
(with S. Puntscher Riekmann)

Political Elites and the Future of Europe: The Views of MPs and MEPs, in: S. Puntscher Riekmann/W.
Wessels (eds.), The Making of a European Constitution – Dynamics and Limits of the
Convention Experience, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2006 , 200-215
(with M. Jenny and J. Pollak)

The European Parliament: Adversary or Accomplice of the new intergovernmentalism, “Grasping the European Council – Raising Awareness for a key institution” SUMMIT Kick-off conference and PADEMIA Workshop, Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, 28-29 January 2016 (with J. Pollak)

Continue the Path, Albeit at a Slower Pace? How the Economic Crisis Has Impacted the EU's Climate and Energy Policies, UACES 45th Annual Conference, University of Deusto, Bilbao/Spain, 7-9 September 2015

Agency Governance in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: How EU Agencies Interact in EU Border Management, 14th Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA), Boston/USA, 5-7 March 2015

The Interaction Between Norm-Based and Interest Based Legalization in the Area of EU Asylum Policy, 55th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), Toronto/Canada, 26-29 March 2014

Interinstitutional Relations Among EU Agencies in the Field of Migration Policy, 55th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), Toronto/Canada, 26-29 March 2014

The European Parliament: Adversary or Accomplice of the New Intergovernmentalism? Research Workshop “European Politics in the Post-Maastricht Era: States, Supranational Actors and the New Intergovernmentalism”, Center for European Union Research/Central European University, Budapest, 28-29 November 2013 (with J. Pollak)

The Power of Legal Norms: How Inter-, Supra-, and Transnational Actors have strengthened the Fundamental Rights Aspects of Frontex, 13th Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA), Baltimore/USA, 9-11 May 2013

Frontex: Does the Europeanisation of Border Control Strengthen the Fundamental Rights of Refugees?, Paper presented at the Joint Seminar on European Governance organized by the University of Amsterdam Jean Monnet Chair in European and Transnational Governance and the Free University of Amsterdam Chair in Multi-Level Governance, Amsterdam 25 April 2013.

A Mixed Blessing? How Legal Regulation of Frontex affects the Extraterritorial Application of the Principle of Non-Refoulement, 53rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), San Diego/USA, 1-4 April 2012.

Legalization and Judicialization of Justice and Home Affairs: How Important is it for Strengthening Refugee Protection? UACES 41st Annual Conference, University of Cambridge, 5-7 September 2011

Communicating the European Union – How the Austrian Parliament Informs its Citizens on European Issues, 6th ECPR General Conference, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 25-27 August 2011 (with J. Pollak)

The Silence of the Shepherds: the Austrian Parliament’s Modest Attempts to Communicate Europe, International Workshop “National Parliaments and Their Electorates in EU Affairs”, 7-8 April 2011 Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance, Berlin (with J. Pollak)

Legalization of De-Politicized Activities? The Role of Law and the External Dimension of Justice and Home Affairs, International Workshop “The External Dimension of Justice and Home Affairs: Post-Lisbon Governance Perspectives”, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 22-23- November 2010

Formen des Regierens im europäischen Mehrebenensystem. Zur Pluralität und Dynamik „harter“ und „weicher“ Rechtsinstrumente.
Lecture at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Salzburg, 21 January
2009.

Taking Hybridity of Hard and Soft Forms of Governance Seriously: Concept, Choice and Interaction
of Legal Instruments in the EU, ECPR Standing Group on the European Union - Fourth Pan-European
Conference on EU Politics, 25 - 27 September 2008 University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Discussant at the Panel "Expertise, Tradition and EU Law" at the ECPR Standing Group
on the European Union - Fourth Pan-European Conference on EU Politics, 25 - 27 September
2008 University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

The Hidden Institutionalization of Europe, 20th World Congress of the International Political
Science Association (IPSA), Fukuoka, Japan, 9 – 13 July 2006 (gem. mit J. Pollak)

Comment on the Paper of J. Lempp (TU Dresden) "COREPER enlarged: COREPER and Council
working groups after enlargement", Internationaler workshop "Committee governance
in an enlarged European Union", Central European University, Budapest, 6 May 2006

Variety and Dynamics of Soft Governance in the EU. 77th Annual Conference of the Southern
Political Science Association, Atlanta, USA, 5-7 January 2006

Comment on the Paper of K. Hailbronner (Univ. of Konstanz) "Nationality and Public International
Law", NATAC Workshop, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 23/24 June 2005

The Fabric of Governance. Interinstitutional Agreements in the European Union. Workshop Europakolloquium
of the Europainstitut at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration,
17. Jänner 2005 (gem. mit I. Eiselt)

On Multifacetness and Multilevelness of Soft Governance in the European Union. International
Conference "Governing the Corporation. Mapping the Loci of Power in Corporate Governance
Design" at the Institute of Governance, Public Policy and Social Research, Queen's University
Belfast, 20.-21. September 2004

Comment on the paper of A. Somek (University of Iowa) on the Constitutional Treaty, International
Workshop on „The discoursive (re-)construction of European identities“ (Interpreting
the European Convention) an der Universität Wien/Institut für Sprachwissenschaften,
25. Oktober 2003

Compounded, contested, complex: Representation in Multi-level systems International Workshop
of the Research Unit of Institutional Change and European Integration on Transformation of
Statehood from a European Perspective, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften,
23-25 Jänner 2003 (gem. mit J. Pollak).

Between Kant and Mega Constitutional Politics. Constitutionalism and Democratic Representation
in the European Union, European Consortium for Political Research 2001. 4th Pan European
International Relations Conference, University of Kent, Canterbury, 6-10 September 2001 (gem.
mit J. Pollak)